Registered voters 60 and older in Newport News, Hampton, Virginia Beach and Norfolk can get free rides to the polls Election Day and a free ride home.

Getting to the polls can be a challenge for many, but local taxi companies have footed the bill to assist people in need of a ride to voting locations for years.

Registered voters 60 and older in Newport News, Hampton, Virginia Beach and Norfolk can get free rides to the polls Election Day and a free ride home.

Randi Chew, a spokeswoman for the Peninsula Agency on Aging, said the service has helped keep seniors civically engaged and has made sure their voices are heard.

The Peninsula Agency on Aging facilitates rides for people in Newport News and Hampton — to request a ride, call 757-873-0541.

If you’re voting in Norfolk or Virginia Beach, call Senior Services of Southeast Virginia at 757-963-9218.

People requesting the service need to provide a phone number, pickup address, voting location and a pickup time. If lots of other people are requesting rides to vote, the schedule may shuffle. People may also be asked to share cabs with other voters.

Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in or denied the benefits of its services on the basis of race, color or national origin, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For more information or to file a complaint, call us at 757-222-4517 or write SSSEVA c/o: Human Resource Manager, 6350 Center Drive, Bldg. 5, #101, Norfolk, VA 23502. All complaints must be filed within 180 days of the alleged act.

For more information and links to Title VI complaint forms, click here.

Choose to help seniors in the Hampton Roads community when you give to the United Way at work. Write in Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia on your United Way "Combined Charities Campaign" form or #5065 on your "Commonwealth of Virginia" campaign form.